The Division is recognized as a global centre of excellence on issues related to investment and enterprise for sustainable development. Built on several decades of successful experience, its staff provide international expertise in research and policy analysis, inter-governmental consensus-building, and technical assistance to over 150 countries. Its flagship product is the annual World Investment Report and its main global stakeholder event is the biannual World Investment Forum. The Division also maintains the interactive World Investment Network of over 9,000 members to disseminate and promote all its work on investment and enterprise.

''Global production chains are a common feature in many industries involving an increasing number of developing countries. A key challenge is how to generate employment, and upgrade technology and productive capacity in order to maximize development benefits,'' said UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi.

NYSE Euronext, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has today announced that it will join the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative to promote sustainable capital markets.

The World Investment Report post-launch seminar, which was held at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in London on Monday, 1 July, brought together representatives from UK Trade and Investment, the Department for International Development, think tanks such as the ODI, non-governmental organizations, and academia, to examine the findings of this year's report.